What a difference eight months make. Last Saturday Long Beach Organic and Wrigley Village Community Garden hosted a garden party to acknowledge and thank our donors and supporters.

Bill Pearl of the Long Beach Report did a wonderful job covering the event. Please read his article here and enjoy the following footage:

Wrigley Village Community Garden would not be possible without collaboration; community members, local business owners, and corporate sponsors.

This garden was borne of a lot of sweat equity. Along the way relationships were strained. So be it.

A lot happens at the soil level. Had it not been for the garden the dilapidated apartment building next door would have never been discovered. Since then the apartment building has been renovated.

I’ve been called a serial volunteer. Whatevs. Relentless champion for an underserved community is more like it. Change happens at a grass roots level. Someone has to do it.

**Pictured above is our beloved and self described pirate gardener Tom. He is a gem.

PS, the music heard throughout the video is live music performed by the Alejandro Diaz Quintet from Wilson High School and the Long Beach Youth Steel Drum School.